Laundry counting device



Patented Apr. 18, 1922.

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LAUNDRY COUNTING DEVICE.

APPLICATION HLED FEB. 18, 1919.

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INVENTOR JGS/BERT ATTORNEY UNITED, STATES PATENT orifice.

JOHN G. SIBERT, OF SIOUX CITY, IOWA.

LAUNDRY COUNTING DEVICE.

Specification 0 ,Application filed February of an article are performed,usually, by

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several operators, who are paid by the piece, and the articles arecarried from operator to operator, or perhaps through a drying room,

by mechanical conveyors. It is important that the number of articleslaundered be instantly ascertainable at all times, not only to determinethe operators earnings, but also to ascertain if the work is being performed with the proper expediency.

The present invention, therefore, has for its primary object theproduction of mechanism, operable to accurately count and'registerthenumber of articles carried by a laundry-conveyor.

Furthermore, the invention contemplates a counting mechanism for alaundry-conveyor automatically actuated as articles are placed on theconveyor.

Still another object of the invention is the production of an improvedlaundrycounting mechanism which may be readily locked in an inoperativeposition.

A further object of the invention is the production of an improvedlaundry-counting mechanism, inexpensive in construction, yet simple andthoroughly eflicient and dependable in operation.

With these and other objects in view, the invention, consisting in theconstruction, combination and novel arrangement of parts, will be fullyunderstood from the following description, reference being had to theaccompanying drawings, which form a part of this application, and inwhich like characters of reference indicate corresponding partsthroughout the several views, of

Fig. 1 is .a front elevation of a laundryconveyor, equipped with thepreferred embodiment of the invention;

Fig. 2 is a plan of the same;

Fig. 3 is anenlarged plan of the device of my invention, and theadjacent portion of the conveyor;

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Fig. l is an enlarged front elevation of of the same; Fig. 5 is a sideelevation of the same, and

Fig. 6 is an enlarged side'elevation of the guard and associited parts.

, Although I have illustrated and hereinafter described the preferredembodiment of the invention, I would not be understood as being limitedto the specific structure chosen for illustration, for variousalterations and modifications may be made in the details ofconstructions and arrangement of parts, without departing fromthe spiritand scope of'the invention, as defined in the appended claims. 1

Referring, now, to the illustrations, the conveyor illustrated is afamiliar ty e of laundry apparatus, including front and rearlongitudinal channeled frame members, 6, in which travel rollers, 7,(Fig.5), from which depend hangers, 8, provided at their lower ends withoutwardly-disposed hooks, 9. The said hangers are arranged in spacedrelation and interconnected by an endless chain, 10, passing aroundsprocket-wheels,

and one of which is suitably driven. The

rails, 6, are interconnected and supported by cross members, 12, and theframe is supported by uprights, 13. v

Upon the hooks, 9, the operators hang the laundry articles, as shirts.collars. etcetera,

whereby they are carried from the oper ators.

I provide a counting mechanism actuated by placing the articles upon thehooks to record. each article thus placed, which mecha nism may consistof a movable guard member, normally so positioned as to prevent theapplication of articles to the conveyor without movingthe guard, and asuitable counting device actuated by movement of the guard.

The structure presented embodies a familiar counting device, including acase, 1.4, mounted on a suitable support, 15, on the frame; and providedwith a slot, 16, revealing numerals on rotating elements actuated by areciprocating member, as the rock-shaft, 17, having a crank-arm, 18,con-. nected by a link, 19, with one of two arms, 20,pivotally-depending from forwardly-inclined bearings, 21, mounted on thefront of the frame of the conveyor. The said arms carry a guard-board,22, normally so positioned as to hang directly over and closely adjacentthe hanger-hooks, whereby, in placing an article on a hook below theguard board, the operator must necessarily engage with his hand orknuckles the guardboard, as shown in Fig. '6, to force the latterrearwardly to permit application of a garment on the hook, whichmovement of the guard. increases the number revealed by the counter oneunit.

The guard is held yieldably in its normal position, as by a weight, 23,on the rear of one of the arms, 20.

To hold the device inoperative, I mount on the face of one of the arms,20, a key-controlled loek, 24, the lock-bolt, 25, of which, whenextended as shown in dotted lines in Fig. 4, engages a forwardlyextending part, 26, on the adjacent bearing, 21, to prevent the guardfrom being swung rearwardly.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new and desire tosecure by Letters Patent of the United States, is,-

1. A counting device for an article carrier including a fined supportand an article support therebelow, comprising a counter, arms adapted tobe mounted to pii'otally depend. from the fixed. support, a guard boardcarried by the arms to prevent application of articles to said articlesupport without swinging the arms, and an operable connection betweenone of the arms and the counter.

2. A counting device for an article carrier including a fixed supportand an article sup port therebelow, comprising a counter, (upwardlyextending bearings ada ited to be mounted on the fixed sup iort), armspivot ally depending therefrom, a guard board cured to the arms andrelated to the article support as to prevent application of articles tothe latter without swinging the arms. and an operable connection betweenone o! the arms and the counter.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand, this 31st day ofJanuary, 1919.

JOHN G. SlBER'lI

